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DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark T. Swanson.

This report documents the historical development of sheep ranching on San Nicolas Island, the most distant of the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. Sheep ranching commenced in the mid-1800s and was terminated during the 1940s. During this period, local sheep ranching was oriented around three different loci. The first was a ranch operation established by Martin Kimberly and situated around Corral Harbor. Ranching at this site lasted from the 1850s to around 1890. During the...